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BLC-PRINTNG VLCHINE.

Specification of Letters atent.

@attent-ed eine'. i, Militia 'n Application filed April 26, 1915.Serialrfo. 23,906.

To all lwhom 'it may concern Be it known that l, Gnomes liniromi, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Linwood, county ot'Delaware, State of Pennsylvania, have invent-ed certain In provenientein Bloclolhintingmh'lachines, oi which the following is a specification.

My' invention relates to certain improve.l

ments in machines for printing oil Cloth, linoleum, and other materials,hy the use of blocks whichare mounted on reciprocating carriers. in thistype ot machine the material is moved forward intermittently and theprintinghlocks malte `the impression during` the dwell of the feedingmechanism.

The object of the inventionis to proa-fide means tor automaticallyregulating the moi'ement oit' the several lilock carriers so that`bordered rugsaand likev ohjects, can he printed; l

My improved mechanism provides for holding certain oi' the printingblocks out of action while a given portion ot' the 'taliri to be printedpasses said'hlocks, and 'by this means any particular design, `siieh ahor- 1 dered rujj, cank he printed and Ythe several :Colorhlockshelonging toeertain portions of the rug .will he allowed to makethe impression while the otherlaloeks will he helfl out oi action. -A

ln the accompanying,- drawings Figure l. is a side View of suliieient ota hlocl( print ingzmac-hine to illustrate my invention; Fig. i

"2,.is an enlargedi'side View of' a portion ot 4l? l, show-ingthemeclninism more indetai/l; Fig'. 3, a sectional plan View on the lineaf-fz, Fig; Fig. Li, is a-sectional perspective View olf a portion of Fiil; Fig.

,3. a diagrammatic sectional View snowing' v'he relation ,of the lugs otthe chains to the pins on thelatches; Fig. (l, is a VView illustrating amodilication of my 'invention; and VFiga'. 7, is a diagrammatic View ota rug.

lReferring' to the drawings, 1 is the frame o'l a block printingmachine, in the present linstaince having wheels 2 mounted on rails S.of lthe usual type, hrt the frame may mounted on a foundation when itn'it desired Ato more the machine laterally.

elf, lu, et, si and 4P' are the hlock iarriers, in the present instance..lach block carrier consists of two uprights 5, which are i adapted toslide in ways in the 'traine l, and a cross member 6, which carries theblocks 7.

@n each upright of each hlock carrier are 55 rollers 3, which areengaged hy a cam 1 0 onf the earn shaft 9 ot the usual form. This` shaftis driven from a longitudinal shaft liV by a worm and worm gear.

l, l2 are the inlring carriages, which are 50 reciproca'ted under thehloclts and supply coloring inaterial to the said blocks, while they arein the raised position.

Y3.3 is the feeding chain or hand which passes around a wheel 14 andintermittent 65 motion is imparted to this hand equal to the4 width of.the printing,` block. Sufficient time is allowed 'for the earns l0 toaetuate ahlock to maire an impression. g Mounted on a shaft lf3, whichextendso troni one side oft the machine to the other at each carrier,are latches 16 having projects` ing. portions 1T which engageprojections 1S. on the carrier and, `when these latchesv are inf,engagement, as illustratedin Figs. 2, and 4;,75 the block is hele1 outof action. lt will loe.I noticed that each cani l() has a raised portion10 which lifts.tlie carrier, at each.` revolution oi' the cani shaft 9,ahove the norff mal position. This allows the latches to'he'` 80inserted and withdrawn. When the latches support the Carrier, as in Fig.2, the weightf` of the carrier holds` the latches in engagement. Theselatches have weights 19 'whit-hf" tend to throwthe latches intoengagementf with the carriers. Y In order to 'automatically withdrawthe` latches from engagement with the carrii-n's,'lA provide threeendless chaine 20, 2i "L and 20 which pass around a sprocket wheel 2lateo one end of the machine driven from the motive power of the machinein anv suitable manner. Cin the chain 20 are lugs .2 and on the chain 20are lugs 2&3, and on thiii'hainf 20" are lugs The lugs 2n are ot a geaters,l 95 height than the lugs 22 and the lugs 2'2"? are oi' a greaterheight than the ylugs 2275., Un the latches at onev side of' the, inwchine, or on an arm'on the shaft arey pins 23 with vv'hieh the several'lu'i's enf'lOG gage. For-instance when it is desired'i to aotuate a.lateh hy the lugs 22 the pin 23 .is extended to he in the path li'i theliigQZand is ot a suthcient heig'litfllo clear the lugs 22 and 22", Itit is d red 105'v that the lugsl 22 engage the pins, then the pins areot sue-h a length as to clear the lugs :Z2 and oi' such a height as toclear the lugs the latches,

,but if the pins are toA be engagedfby the 1 lugs 221 short and arearrangedat on the chain `then .the pins are such a height as toV heinthe path ofthe lugs` 22". The on thelatches are preferably madedetachable, but they kmay be formed integral with ried by thelatch'shafts.'

vThe chains vare of the detachable link type and the ings, are ondetachable desired toyprint and according to the number of colors. Theichains'are mounted on lsprocket Wheels- 21 on a shaft 24A 'and on this vshaft is a gearivheel 25 which Lmeshes with an .intermediateiavheel 2Gwhich,

meshes 'with aL vvrheel27 on the shaft 14* on which the ,wheels-,14im;mounted, so that. '20

the chains, as well as the mechanism for the fabric, move intermittentlyand-activitel thel 'zlatchesonly whenntheparts are' in the elen -vatedposition. f [Y `In someA instances,

lat20.u .and has lugs 22.

chain asin Fi". (i. Thischain is 4indicated rlocateld-at different:pointspn the -c ain and may he offd-iii'erent -heightsywliilefthe pinslI'- 23 can be of different lengths and' arranged at 'different heightsso 'as to. be in the path of,

different lugs and, consequently, act in "the i l f same mannerfas'thethree cha-insillustrated in Fig.- 3.

' The operation is I to be printedin two colorsand in threesectionsitwill reqniresix printing blocks,.tw.o

machine, certain `f the blockswill be held out of `action While'pthersare printing.,4 For'. instance, 1f a certain, block makes an nnpre'svsion on the sectionai','Fig. 7, and' an adjoinl ing block has the designoff-"the `section y and the next block the design of the section e, thenthese two blocks are held out of ac-i' tion' while the printed portion wofthe fabric' `'j is passing thereunder. The next block after @will bean impressin of another color'of the design While the block shaving 4theimpressions Which-'print the sections m and the case when theimpression.e is made and, by arranging thefln'gs' on the chain accordmgtothenumber'of sections of' avrug vto be --ed on eachsection, I am enabled'to autoprinted and the number of colors to be printpins Y or 'may-bemounted on arms carlatches are arrangedl accordingly;

links, so that- Jthey can be placed at any point on the chain, accordingtothe size of Vthe' rug which it isl in turn,

I` may. use a. single These ylu s can be as follo'vvsz-i-If. av rug is ikmatically hold any-of the `printing .blocks out of action-Whecertainparts of the fab` ric are passing thereunder.

than that described, or having a larger or smaller number -of colors, isto be printed, the lugsjon the lchains and' the pins on the chains mayarranged on both sides of the frame or'at anypoint desired, according'to the' type of the machine to which the invention is applied. v

, I claim:fl

,- i 1v. The combination in a block printingv machine of the horizontaltype in which the material is `intermittently moved forward overa bed,of a serieszof 'reciprocating car- When a rug of a greater or lesslength es The riers; printing blocks thereon; cams Afor raising thelcarriers; shafts on which the cams 'are mounted and means the shafts; apvoted latch arranged to engage each carrier-When inthe raised position;anendle'ss chain; means for drivin" said chain;and a lug on thecha-inarrangc to actuatea given latch at a-'certain time so -as torelease-ithe carrier controlled by the! latch and to allow block to makean impression.

i ,2. 'The combination iiii'ii` block printing machine of the horizontaltype, of a frame;

a: of blockv carriers mounted on the frame; blocks oneach carrier; ntransverse :shaft inA line lw-itltweazh carrier a cam .on

each shaf'tffor raising the carrier; a latch for holding the carrier-inthe elevated 'posi-4 tion andout lof actiomapin on each latch; for eachsection, andit `will'be necessary to' arrange the lugs on the ch'ainssothat, 'as y the fabric is intermittently*fed through 'the' a series of'endless chains; lugs on each chain' for .engaging-the pins ofecertainof thelatches; and ,means for driving the chains in unison, the lugslreleasing certain ofthe -latches at predetermined points-'so as t0alllow certain` blnck's to make an impression.

' 3. Ihe combination in block printing machine, of Va frame; a ser1es ofblock carmeans4 for reciproca-ting each block carrier; a weighted latcharranged to engageveach vcarrier and to ,holdiit out of engagement; a

series of llongitudinally arranged 'endless chains; meansfor 'drivingthe chains; lugs' for driving -riers; a printing block on each carrier;I

